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W. J, WALDEN.

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UNITED STATES Y PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. wALDEN, oF KINGsLAND, COUNTY or MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND;

FASTENING FORy eAiTERs, GLOVES, see.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,359, dated February13, 1883'. Application iled October 23, 1882. (No modell) Patented inlEngland April 28, 1882, No. 2,016.

To all whom it mrtg/concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JAMES WAL- DEN, of Gulford Road, De BeauvoirTown, Kingsland, in the county of Middlesex, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Iruproveinents in Fastenings for Gaiters, Boots,Gloves, Stays, and other Articles, of which the following is aspecification. t,

My invention relates to an improved fastening for gaiters, boots,gloves, stays, and other articles, the object being to provide a secureiastening which may be attached withvout damage to the boot, glove, orother article in a rapid and efficient manner, and which may .be easilyfastened and unfastened. I attain these ends by making my fastener inthe manner to be now described with reference tol the drawings. l

Metal is placed beneath a die and stamped out, as shown at Figure l'.Each of such pieces A consists of a half-sphere, a, and a stem, a',

with parallel sides Yfor about half its length,

\ the remaining half being pointed, asv shown at a2. A small rivet hole,a3, is also formed in the stem at the saine time. In, Fig. 2 one oft'hese pieces is shown in proiile, from which it will be seen that theouter surface of the halfspherea is formed with a rounded ridge orprojection, at, toward its lower part. The purpose of this ridge orprojection a4 will be presently explained. Two of such pieces A arenecessary to complete one fastener. A plate of metal, B, Fig. 3, is thenstamped out to form a support for the two pieces'A. The

plate B has a square hole, b, in its center and two rivet-holes, b b',toward` its end. The plate B is shown in edge view at Fig. 4. The stemsof the two pieces A Aare then put through the plate B, their upperparts, a a, forming together a split button, and the stems a a. are bentupward at right angles, in which position the rivet-holes a3 a3 willcoincide with the rivet-holes b b. The bent stems of the pieces'A A arethen riveted at b2 b2 to the plate B, and their pointed ends a2 a2 arebent. down, as shown, Fig. 5. The fastening is` then ready to be appliedto articles of leather or other material, C, and slits are not requiredto be cut therein prior to inserting the fastening. At=most a small holeis necessary to enable the points a2 a2 to be inserted. They will thencut their own way on pressure being applied. The ends a2 a2 are thenbent upward and inward, as shown in Fig. 6, so as to. firmly unite thefastener to the material C. If the material() be not strong enough tohold the tapered ends a2 a2 without tearing, a backing-plate, D, isused. Its under side is shown in Fig. 7. This plate D has two slits, dd, for the pointedv ends a2 t2 to pass through without being bent up, asshownin Fig. 6, and indents or recesses d d', in which the said pointsa2 a2, when bent up, will be iiush with the under surface of thebacking-plate. A simple eyelet or slotted plate, Fi, of any convenientform and proper internal diameter, is attached to the other part of thearticleto be fastenedsuch as a gaiter or boot-, and is pressed over thehollow divided head or ball, forcing its two halves a a together, andsnapping or locking beneath the rounded ridge or projection a4,as shownin Fig. 9.

By this method of manufacturing springfastenin gs great durability inthe several parts is obtained; but to still furthermaiutain theefficiency andpow'erof the spring thus formed at the base of the plateB, when riveted, I preferably insert within the ball a a, during itsmanufacture, a spherical or oval piece, F, of rubber or equivalentelastic material. (Shown in dotted lines in Figs. 5, 6, and 9.)

The two pieces AA may be bent and riveted to the unslotted front plate,B, as shown in Fig. 10, instead of heilig passed through a slot in thesaid plate and bent afterward. This is a stronger method ofconstruction, though perhaps not so sightly in appearance, and'is welladapted for heavy boots and gaiters.

I claim as my invention- 1. A member of a fastening device, consistyingof two pieces, AA, of spring metal, and a supporting-plate, B, the saidpieces A A having hemispherical or round heads a, a, with projections a4a4 for an eyelet or slottedy plate to snap over, and two pointed ends,a2 a2, for piercing the material to which the fastening device is to beapplied, and being passed through and bent to lie a gainst and beriveted to the said supporting-plate, all substantially l other materialwithout previously cutting said as herein described. articles,substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with an eyelet or slotted 4 ,1 T plate, theWithin-described spring stud or bnt- XVILLIAM JAMES WALDLB' 5 ton,having a hollow divided head, a af, llled Witnesses:

with a ball or block ot' rubber or elastic sub- H. R. WHiTE, stance, F,projections a4 a4 on said hea-d for 66 Chancery Lane, London. the eyeletE to snap under, stems a a', riveted C. H. CAMPBELL,

to the front plate, B, and points a2 a2, adapted 149 PalmerstonBuildings, Old Broad Street, ro to attach said stud to articles ofleather or E. U.

